Course overview full-time study Course title: Planning of Geoinformation Technologies Applications (PGITA) Course number: 548-0063 Supervising institute: Course guarantee: Institute of Geoinformatics doc. Dr. Ing. Jiří Horák Credits: 5 Duty: compulsorily optional Level of study: graduate Teaching language: Czech Year: 1 Semester: 2 Link to website: Intended for faculties: FMG Intended for the type of study: follow-up master Way of completion: credit + examination Hours per week: 2 + 2 Prerequisites: - Co-requisites: - Appears in prerequisites: - Learning outcomes - The student demonstrates knowledge: Principles of project preparation Differences between IS and GIS development projects Rules for strategic management applied for a GI domain Economic reasoning of geoinformation projects Principles of technical normalization Principles of developing geoinformation infrastructure - The student can: Design procedures necessary for preparation of geoinformation projects Prepare a ROI project Compile a schedule for a geoinformation project
Prepare a financial analysis of the geoinformation project and evaluate relevancy of different variants - The student is able to: Prepare a basic ROI project for implementation of GIS/GIT Identify, describe and justify the costs and benefits of GIS/GIT projects Teaching methods (representation of individual methods must be quantified in %) Lectures 35 % Exercises 35 % Individual work 30 % Annotation The course introduces the students to planning and projecting geographical information systems and other geoinformation technologies. The scope of the course includes strategic planning and management, mainly the ROI method, general rules for developing and operation of GIS applications, geoinformation infrastructures, methods used for economic evaluation of GIS applications, technical harmonization, normalization, quality management and project management. The course includes examples of selected case studies of developing GIS applications and implementation of the INSPIRE Directive. Compulsory literature Horák J.: Plánování aplikací geoinformačních technologií, textbook, VŠB-TU Ostrava 2011. 191 pages. Maguire D., Kouyoumjian V., Smith R. (2008): The Business Benefits of GIS. An ROI Approach. ESRI press 2008. Longley, P.A., Goodchild M.F., Maguire D.J., Rhind D.W.: Geographical Information Systems and Science. Wiley, 2005. Recommended reading SPACE (2004): Choosing a GIS. [on-line] http://www.csiss.org/space/resources/gis.php/ Šmída F. (2007): Zavádění a rozvoj procesního řízení ve firmě. Česká společnost pro systémovou integraci. Grada 2007. 293 pages. Prague. ISBN 978-80-247-1679-4. Tomlinson R. (2003): Thinking about GIS: Geographic Information System Planning for Managers. Redlands, ESRi Press. Clarke, K.C. (2003). Getting Started with Geographic Information Systems. Prentice Hall: Upper Saddle River. 340. See Chapter 8, "How to Pick a GIS". Vrana I., Richta K.(2005): Zásady a postupy zavádění podnikových informačních systémů. Česká společnost pro systémovou integraci. Grada 2005. 187 pages. Prague. ISBN 80-247-1103-6. Skokan K. (2000): Projektové řízení v oblasti informačních technologií. GIS Ostrava 2000. 17 pages. Schwalbe K. (2007): Řízení projektů v IT. Kompletní průvodce. Computer Press. Brno 2007. ISBN 978-80-251-1526-8.
Requirements for providing the education Requirements for exercises: Computer lab with MS Project software. Methods of continuous checking knowledge during the semester The knowledge and skills are monitored during the semester by means of individual tasks. Outline of lectures 1) Differences in planning GIS and IS. 2) Company information strategy. 3) Project planning. 4) Strategic planning of a GIS. Projecting a GIS. 5) Preparation of an ROI project, identification of business opportunities. Prioritization of business opportunities. Design of a GIS program. Definition of project control. 6) Specification and quantification of costs of GIS projects. Determination of benefits according to ROI. Creating the benefit plan. Calculation of finantial indicators. Creating and presentation of the report according to ROI. 7) Choosing and implementation of a GIS according to Korte. 8) Choosing and implementation of a GIS according to Tomlinson and Clark. 9) Recommendations for development of a GIS. Choosing SW for the GIS. Operation of the GIS. 10) Using services provided by external consultant when choosing and implementing the GIS. Financial reasoning for the GIS development project. 11) Costs and benefits of the GIS/GIT, estimation and quantification. 12) Evaluation of the progress during the project implementation. 13) Primary and secondary European law. Technical normalization. 14) Geoinformation infrastructure. 15) The EU and CR legislation currently in force(inspire, Act no 123, act on basic registers ). Outline of exercises 1) Management of human resources, entrepreneurial basics, types of costs. 2) Types of costs, preparation of a budget. 3) Financing for research and development, grants and how to use them. 4) Specification of user requirements and system requirements. 5) Calculation of rate of return, indicators for monitoring of the progress of the project. 6) Planning introduction of the GIS in selected organizations. 7) Planning introduction of the GIS in selected organizations. 8) Planning introduction of the GIS in selected organizations. 9) Analysing the rate of return for the prepared project. 10) Presentation and defence speech for the individual GIS/GIT project. Exam question topics 1) Differences in planning GIS and IS. 2) Company information strategy.
3) Project planning. 4) Strategic planning of a GIS. 5) Projecting a GIS. 6) Complex approach towards planning a GIS according to the ROI methodology - preparation of a ROI project. 7) Complex approach towards planning a GIS according to the ROI methodology - identification of business opportunities. 8) Complex approach towards planning a GIS according to the ROI methodology - prioritization of business opportunities. 9) Complex approach towards planning a GIS according to the ROI methodology - design of a GIS program. 10) Complex approach towards planning a GIS according to the ROI methodology - definition of project control. 11) Complex approach towards planning a GIS according to the ROI methodology - specification and quantification of costs of GIS projects. 12) Complex approach towards planning a GIS according to the ROI methodology - determination of benefits. 13) Complex approach towards planning a GIS according to the ROI methodology - creating the benefit plan. 14) Complex approach towards planning a GIS according to the ROI methodology - creating the benefit plan. 15) Complex approach towards planning a GIS according to the ROI methodology - creating and presentation of the report. 16) Choosing and implementation of a GIS according to Korte. 17) Choosing and implementation of a GIS according to Tomlison. 18) Choosing and implementation of a GIS according to Clark. 19) Recommendations for development of a GIS. 20) Choosing SW for the GIS. Operation of the GIS. 21) Using services provided by external consultant when choosing and implementing the GIS. 22) Financial reasoning for the GIS development project. 23) Benefits of the GIS/GIT, estimation and quantification. 24) Costs of the GIS/GIT, estimation and quantification. 25) Evaluation of the progress during the project implementation. 26) Primary and secondary European law. 27) Technical normalization. 28) Geoinformation infrastructure. 29) INSPIRE, Act no.123. 30) Act on basic registers, RÚIAN (territorial identification register).
Terms for completing the course Task name Task type Maximum number of points (credit for subtasks) Minimum number of points Credit and examination Credit and examination 100/100 51 Credit Credit 33/33 17 Examination Examination 67/67 34 Written exam Written exam 37 19 Oral exam Oral exam 30 15